ALL THE WINNERS OF THE SA MUSIC AWARDS
Paul Kelly - pic Samuel Graves
The South Australian music community celebrated its finest talents at this year's awards, with DEM MOB leading the way, earning five awards, including the prestigious Emily Burrows Award. They also won Best Regional Artist, Best Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Artist, and Best Hip Hop in the People's Choice category. Additionally, they were honored with the Best Music Educator award for their 'Kurunpa Kunpuntjaku' program.
The Empty Threats took home two awards for Best New Artist and Best Song for "Evil Eye," while Slowmango won Best Release and Kaspar Schmidt Mumm & The Bait Fridge received Best Cover Art.
The Neville Clark Award recognized outstanding sound engineering students, and the Best International Collaboration went to Adam Page. Rachel Whitford was named South Australia's Best Manager. Nathan D’Agostino was awarded Best Live Technician.
Crown & Anchor was named Best Live Music Venue, and the Adelaide Guitar Festival - On the Road 2023 won Best Regional Live Music Venue or Live Music Activation.
Some Shine Festival was named the Best Small Music Festival or Event, and Vintage Vibes Festival won Best Major Music Festival or Event for its inaugural festival.
Other notable mentions include Girls Rock! winning the Community Achievement Award, Wundenbergs receiving the title of Best Studio, Conor Mercury Movies for Best Music Video, Alana Jagt as Best Solo Artist, and Bad//Dreems as Best Group.
The awards were highly competitive, with record voting numbers in the People's Choice categories.
With over 30 winners throughout the awards, we also saw Paul Kelly's induction into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame. The event featured performances by various artists, including a live rendition of "The Streets of Forbes" and a new song, "Going Down The River With Dad."
Adam Page - pic Samuel Graves
SPECIAL AWARDS
NEVILLE CLARK AWARD: Jase Ess
EMILY BURROWS AWARD: DEM MOB
BEST INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION: Adam Page
COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Girls Rock! Adelaide
MAJOR AWARDS
The Empty Threats - pic Samuel Graves
BEST NEW ARTIST: The Empty Threats
BEST REGIONAL ARTIST: DEM MOB
BEST ABORIGINAL OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ARTIST: DEM MOB
BEST SOLO ARTIST: Alana Jagt
BEST SONG: The Empty Threats - Evil Eye
BEST RELEASE: Slowmango - Hypercolour Miscellaneous
BEST GROUP: Bad//Dreems
INDUSTRY AWARDS
Rachel Whitford - pic Samuel Graves
BEST MANAGER: Rachel Whitford
BEST REGIONAL LIVE MUSIC VENUE OR ACTIVATION: Adelaide Guitar Festival - On The Road 2023
BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE: Crown & Anchor
BEST STUDIO: Wundenbergs
BEST MUSIC VIDEO: Connor Mercury Movies - Bill’s by Carla Geneve
BEST MUSIC EDUCATOR: DEM MOB's Kurunpa Kunpuntjaku
BEST STUDIO ENGINEER/PRODUCER: Lewis Wundenberg
BEST LIVE TECHNICIAN: Nathan D’agostino
BEST SMALL MUSIC FESTIVAL: Some Shine
BEST MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVAL: Vintage Vibes
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Dem Mob & Zara Richards (The Note) - pic Samuel Graves
BLUES & ROOTS: Dojo Rise
COUNTRY: Mark Curtis and the Flanelletes
ELECTRONIC: Electric Fields
EXPERIMENTAL OR ART MUSIC: SONS OF ZOKU
FOLK: Ukelele Death Squad
HEAVY: Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys
HIP HOP: DEM MOB
JAZZ: 5 Sided Cube
POP: The Tullamarines
PUNK: Teenage Joans
ROCK: Mums Favourite
SOUL, FUNK OR RNB: Mum Thinks Blue
The Empty Threats - pic Samuel Graves
